In the middle of Mexico City’s Central Square, a pole stands more than 100 meters high, where a flag is raised every morning. It is put away every evening. The flag, divided in three vertical strips—green, white, and red—is thirty meters wide when laid out. When the wind blows, the flag waves slowly, always shifting in shape, rumpled or stretched out depending on the air currents. It sometimes casts a shadow on the floor, offering a shade for passers-by. The Central Square spreads like an esplanade framed by the metropolitan cathedral in the north, the presidential palace in the east, and the city hall in the south. It follows a layout replicated in other colonial cities and towns throughout Latin America. [...]
Central Square
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